{"id":15979,"date":"2017-09-14T13:13:41","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T18:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=15979"},"modified":"2017-09-14T13:13:41","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T18:13:41","slug":"now-playing-one-hot-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2017\/09\/14\/now-playing-one-hot-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Playing: One Hot Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sinclair\u2019s theatre community has big plans for the coming school year, and their performing arts students are hard at work preparing to bring theatre lovers a season of entertainment well worthy of a supportive audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOne Hot Season\u201d is the theme of this year\u2019s theatre productions. Five shows meant to illuminate contemporary social issues are in the works, as well as a dance production directed by Dayton\u2019s own Rodney Veal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students and staff are currently in preparation to put it all out onstage for our entertainment, to build their repertoire and to advance Dayton\u2019s growing theatre community. Production teams work countless hours to prepare costumes, build sets, plan tech designs, block scenes and choreograph to make each production a success. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOne Hot Season\u201d kicks off in October with the production of Pearl Cleage\u2019s, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blues for an Alabama Sky<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, directed by Kimberly Borst. This show follows the political conflicts of the Harlem Renaissance through the experiences of five African Americans whose influences derive from the American activists Josephine Baker, Margaret Sanger and Langston Hughes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blues for an Alabama Sky<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> opens in Blair Hall on Friday, October 6 at 8 p.m. There are six showings to choose from, with the final performance on October 14. Tickets cost $15 for students, but cost $10 on October 12 during Throwback Thursday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In November the Black Box Theatre will present <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Radio Plays<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cBe soundly scared\u201d is the theme of Director Nelson Sheeley\u2019s throwback to 1940\u2019s radio plays. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Radio Plays<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> features four plays, with one play written by a Sinclair alumnus, Travis Williams, and another written by Sinclair Student, Maximilian Santucci. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sinclair theatre\u2019s 2017 holiday production is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The Charles M. Schulz classic will be directed by Gina Kleesattel with music directed by Katherine Frauman. All seats for the holiday showings cost $8 and must be reserved. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doors open for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Charlie Brown Christmas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at noon on December 14. There are seven showings scheduled over four days, with afternoon and evening shows over the weekend. The final production will be at 4 p.m. on Sunday, December 17. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fahrenheit 451<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is coming to Blair Hall in February and is directed by Gary Minyard. The production of Ray Bradbury\u2019s classic dystopian novel will give an artistic voice to contemporary issues and the realities of anti-intellectualism. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In April, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blood at the Root<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Dominique Morisseau takes stage at the Black Box Theatre. Chris Harmon will direct the stage production inspired by the racially charged Jena Six case of 2006. The Jena Six case in Louisiana led to protests which were described by the media of the time as \u201cthe largest civil rights demonstration in years.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOne Hot Season\u201d wraps up with Rodney Veal\u2019s production, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moving Languages<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Dancers of all backgrounds look to put their talent on display at Blair Hall on May 18 and 19 at 8 p.m., closing out the season by celebrating the universal language of movement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tickets and further information about Sinclair theatre are available at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinclair.edu\/tickets\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.sinclair.edu\/tickets<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Will Drewing<\/strong><br \/>\nManaging Editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sinclair\u2019s theatre community has big plans for the coming school year, and their performing arts students are hard at work preparing to bring theatre lovers a season of entertainment well worthy of a supportive audience. \u201cOne Hot Season\u201d is the theme of this year\u2019s theatre productions. 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